Theodor Schwartzkopff (1659-1732) - Overture C-Dur
Performers: Ludwig Güttler (trumpet); Kammerorchester Berlin; Max Pommer (conductor)
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German composer. He was the son of Georg Reinhard Schwartzkopff
(1631-1705), a town musician in Ulm as well as organist and organ
builder. Theodor probably received his early instruction in music from
his father as well as from S.A. Scherer, the organist at Ulm Cathedral.
He was employed as an Aspirant in the Württemburg Hofkapelle at
Stuttgart around 1678 and was promoted to Hofmusicus in 1682. Following
the success at court of his French-style ballet Le rendez-vous des
plaisirs he was sent to study in Paris towards the end of 1684. On his
return to Stuttgart in 1686 he was made vice-Kapellmeister. In December
1688 the Kapellmeister Johann Friedrich Magg sided with the invading
French forces, leaving Schwartzkopff fully in charge of the Hofkapelle;
on 21 March 1690 he was promoted officially to the vacant post.
Following a major retrenchment at court in 1709, caused by the cost of
continuing hostilities with France coupled with the expense of building a
new ducal residence at Ludwigsburg, Schwartzkopff was released from
service with an inadequate annuity of 300 gulden ‘until better times’.
It seems that he sought work at the nearby Baden-Durlach court, since he
is listed as a member of the Hofkapelle there between 1712 and 1716.
Schwartzkopff returned to Stuttgart early in 1717, probably hoping for
the post of Oberkapellmeister, which was vacant following the death of
Pez, but this post went to Brescianello. A serenata by Schwartzkopff was
performed for the annual Order of St Hubert festivities on 3 November
1721 and court documents after that date continue to describe him as
Kapellmeister. In 1725 Schwartzkopff wrote to Duke Eberhard Ludwig
suggesting that he direct a small ensemble for services in the Stuttgart
Schlosskapelle while Brescianello continued to lead the full church
music at Ludwigsburg. Unfortunately Schwartzkopff's dramatic and sacred
music is lost, but a significant selection of his instrumental music
written for the Württemberg court musicians does survive. These works
display a blend of French and Italian elements typical of the time, with
conspicuous writing for the bass viol.
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